Electoral Reform Act 2022

Amendment of Act of 1994

117. The Act of 1994 is amended—

(a) in subsection (2) of section 29, by the substitution of “sections 78 and 80 to 84A” for “sections 78 and 80 to 84”, and

(b) in subsection (1A) of section 31—

(i) in paragraph (a), by the deletion of—

(I) “a supplement to”, and

(II) “which the registration authority is empowered to prepare and publish in accordance with section 15A of the Electoral Act, 1992”,

(ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c):

“(c) Rule 33 (other than paragraph (6) and (7)) and Rule 34(1) and (2) of Part VI of the Second Schedule to the Act of 1992 shall apply to an application to be entered in the postal voters list under paragraph (a) as if references to section 14 and to section 14(a), (b) or (c) were references to section 31(1A)(a).”,

and

(iii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (d):

“(d) Subsection (2) of section 14 of the Act of 1992 shall not apply to an application under this subsection.”.